Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 422 Mai Mai's Ambition

Looking at Meng Bai and Qin Lan who were in ambiguous postures in the room, the smile on Zhao Jinmai's face disappeared, replaced by confusion, panic and helplessness.

Because of her final exams, she joined the group relatively late and only came to Bangkok last week.

She thought she could meet Meng Bai, but she didn't expect that he was still in the country, which made the girl feel a little disappointed.

Fortunately, she did have some acquaintances in the crew, one of whom was Chen Zhixi, whom she had met several times during the filming of The Wandering Earth.

The other is Qin Lan. When they were filming the online drama "Psychological Crime", they played "mother and daughter". Although they haven't seen each other for several years, they still keep in touch occasionally. In addition, they are both from Shenyang, so they have a good relationship.

Zhao Jinmai was resting on the other side of the crew when she suddenly heard a staff member say "Boss Meng is here". In this crew, there was only one person who could be called "Boss Meng", so she asked around happily and when she learned that Meng Bai was with Qin Lan, she rushed over directly.

When she reached the door, she originally wanted to knock, but the door of the lounge was not closed tightly, and it bounced open by itself when she touched it.

Then, Zhao Jinmai discovered that "Brother Meng Bai" was getting together with his "mother" in an ambiguous manner.

In an instant, she felt as if something in her mind had shattered, and she froze in place.

The sudden appearance of Zhao Jinmai also scared Meng Bai and Qin Lan, but they were both mature players with many years of experience and calmed down in an instant.

First, they separated for a distance without leaving a trace, and then Meng Bai looked at the stunned little girl at the door: "Hello, Mai Mai, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

"Ah... Meng, hello, Brother Meng Bai."

Zhao Jinmai responded subconsciously, then reacted and waved his hand quickly, saying, "No, it's okay. I just heard that you were here, so I came to say hello. I didn't mean to do that. I thought the door was closed and wanted to knock, but it opened by itself... Well, you guys are busy, I'll leave first."

She explained a few words in a panic, but some of her words were incoherent. Finally, she felt that it would be more awkward for her to stay here, so she said something and ran away with her hands and feet together.

"Look at what I said." Qin Lan rolled her eyes at Meng Bai, "I told you that this was inappropriate for the crew. Mai Mai must have seen it."

Meng Bai didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, Mai Mai is just a little girl."

"Haha, come on. I'm a high school student, not an elementary school student. If I really didn't understand anything, I wouldn't have run away in such embarrassment just now."

Meng Bai thought about it and felt that it made sense, but it was still not a big problem.

"It doesn't matter whether she understands or not. She won't tell anyone anyway. I can just make up a reason and explain it to her later and get away with it."

Qin Lan nodded in agreement: "Well, I believe this. Our Boss Meng is really good at deceiving young girls."

"Slander! You are slandering me without clothes on!" Meng Bai said sternly, "It seems that Sister Qin Lan has a deep misunderstanding of me. Wait, after we finish shooting tonight and return to the hotel, I must thoroughly prove this matter."

"Hehe, who's afraid of who? Wait for you to come!"

……

Although it was a bit embarrassing to be caught by the little sister who had always admired him, it was just embarrassment and Meng Bai didn't take it to heart.

But what made him a little uncomfortable was that Zhao Jinmai kept staying away from him for the rest of the afternoon on the set.

It would have been fine if she just stayed away, but the key point was that this girl would stare at Meng Bai every now and then, with a complicated and somewhat strange look in her eyes, which made him feel uneasy.

After being stared at for an entire afternoon, Meng Bai finally couldn't stand it anymore. While the crew was taking a break, he approached Zhao Jinmai.

"Maimai!"

Zhao Jinmai, who was called, looked in the direction of the voice and saw Meng Bai sitting on the steps in the backyard of the studio villa, waving at him.

She hesitated for a moment, but still walked over, and then sat down obediently at the other party's gesture.

"Here!"

Meng Bai reached out and handed over a can of ice cola with water droplets on it.

"Thank you, Brother Meng Bai."

Seeing her take it, Meng Bai smiled, then opened his own can, tilted his head back and took a big gulp.

"Well--"

After drinking it in one gulp, Meng Bai let out a long breath, his face full of ease: "Sure enough, the first sip of ice cola in summer is forever god!"

Bangkok has entered the rainy season in June, and the weather is hot and muggy. Especially in the evening, the sun is hanging in the sky, radiating energy, and the ground is accumulating heat from the day.

Zhao Jinmai felt the coolness emanating from the can of Coke in her hand, and she followed Meng Bai's example and opened it, then took a big sip. Instantly, a refreshing feeling blossomed from the inside out, and she burped involuntarily.

"Hic--uh!"

The little girl quickly covered her mouth, and her cheeks were flushed under the setting sun.

After all, she was a girl, and burping in front of Meng Bai made her feel ashamed involuntarily.

"Haha, no need to be so reserved." Meng Bai said with a smile: "If you don't burp after drinking Coke, that goes against the spirit of Coke."

As he said this, he took another big sip and then let out a typical burp.

Zhao Jinmai was amused by him and laughed subconsciously, forgetting the depressed mood she had been feeling for the whole afternoon.

"Why were you staring at me this afternoon?" Meng Bai asked.

"Ah? Yes, is there?"

"I'm not blind."

"Hehe..." Zhao Jinmai smiled embarrassedly.

"Because of what happened this morning?"

Zhao Jinmai waved her hands unconsciously and nodded: "Yes..."

After saying that, she secretly glanced at Meng Bai and asked cautiously: "Brother Meng Bai, aren't you in a relationship with Sister Qinqin?"

"Who told you?"

"Needless to say!" Zhao Jinmai's eyes widened. "I saw this when we were filming the movie Psychological Crime."

"You are young, but you know a lot." Meng Bai did not deny it, "Yes."

"Then you were with Sister Qin Lan this morning... like that, just like that..."

Zhao Jinmai made a hugging gesture, looking a little excited.

Meng Bai smacked his lips. "Uh - if I say that Sister Qin Lan and I are good friends, and this is a greeting between good friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, would you believe it?"

"..."

Zhao Jinmai looked at him speechlessly: "Brother, I am seventeen years old this year, not seven years old. Do you think I believe it?"

After that, she muttered softly, "It's been a long time since I last saw you, and I haven't seen you so close to me." "So our Mai Mai is jealous!"

Meng Bai deliberately sighed, put the Coke in his hand aside, then turned sideways and opened his arms: "Come on, I'll fill it up for you now."

"Eh—I don't want to!"

Zhao Jinmai puffed out his lips and said something in a disgusted tone, but his body just sat there motionless.

Meng Bai was just pretending, he couldn't really hug her. Seeing this, he smiled and withdrew his hand.

"Then Brother Meng Bai, are you and Sister Qin Lan also in love?"

"No. I told you, it's just a greeting between good friends."

"You still lied to me!"

"I really didn't lie to you." Meng Bai said, "When you grow up, you will know that the relationship between adults is very complicated and cannot be summarized by a simple pronoun."

Zhao Jinmai remained silent for a long time before he said in a muffled voice: "Brother Meng Bai is such a scumbag!"

"Yes, indeed." Meng Bai nodded in agreement.

Zhao Jinmai was stunned: "You, you don't want to refute it?"

"What are you refutating?" Meng Bai spread his hands, "Your summary is correct."

"But, you, I..."

Meng Bai admitted it, but the little girl became conflicted instead.

In fact, now that the Internet and short videos are well developed, students are exposed to much more information than children in the past, and they mature earlier. Zhao Jinmai grew up in a film crew, and was exposed to many things and people, so her mind is more mature than her peers.

She has seen and heard of scumbags and sea kings, so she is not completely ignorant of them.

Including Meng Bai, when she searched for news about him on the Internet, she also saw a lot of gossip, some of which matched what she knew, which showed that the news was not groundless.

But Zhao Jinmai never took these to heart, because in her heart, "Brother Meng Bai" has always been a brother she admires.

Actually, it's normal to think about it. At the age of 16 or 17, it's the time when love begins. People of the same age are still a bunch of little brats, and the crew members are all uncles. Even if there are good-looking male actors who have worked with her before, they will be immediately squeezed out when put together with Meng Bai.

How could she not have a good impression of an older brother who is handsome, has a good personality, takes good care of her, and most importantly, is very, very, very rich?

For Zhao Jinmai, Meng Bai, whom she has known for so many years, is just like the neighbor brother who grew up with the heroine in those girls' comics and novels she read, and he carries a lot of girlish thoughts with him.

It was a pity that this "brother" had a girlfriend, and he treated her just like an ordinary sister with whom she had a good relationship. This made her feel a little disappointed, but she comforted herself that even just having such a "brother" was not bad.

She even had a lot more favorable feelings towards Li Qin. When she was filming "Psychological Crime" before, she sometimes felt a strange sense of substitution when watching the close relationship between the two.

Of course, Zhao Jinmai didn't tell anyone about these girl's worries. Even Zhao's mother, who always accompanied her everywhere, felt that her daughter might have some feelings for Meng Bai, but she didn't care too much.

Every young girl has love in her heart. It will be fine when she grows up.

So, deep in the heart where no one can disturb me, some surging emotions begin to grow like the first sprouts of spring.

Until today, she discovered the ambiguity between Meng Bai and Qin Lan, and her heart collapsed instantly. All the rumors that she had ignored before resurfaced in her mind, and she suddenly realized that her "Brother Meng Bai" was actually a normal man.

If it was another ordinary man, then after this emotional collapse, perhaps it would have made people disenchanted. But the problem is that what attracted Zhao Jinmai the most was the excellence of Meng Bai. Even though he has become a "scumbag", it has not changed.

This made her feel a little uncomfortable, so she would observe Meng Bai from time to time throughout the afternoon, hoping to find some more things in him that she couldn't stand.

However, what made her not know whether to be happy or sad was that she didn't find it.

On the contrary, watching him seriously discussing the script with Chen Sicheng, chatting about character images with Xiao Yang and other leading actors, and restoring order to the originally chaotic crew with just his casual instructions seemed even more attractive.

When Meng Bai called her over just now, she thought he wanted her not to tell anyone about what happened in the morning. Unexpectedly, he first made her happy, and then simply admitted that he was a scumbag.

A scumbag is a bad guy, and an honest person is a good person. So what is an honest scumbag?
Zhao Jinmai touched the Coke in her hand, the coolness of which had not yet dissipated, and her little head was frantically processing all this information, which was a bit too much for her at the moment.

Meng Bai saw that she was silent for a long time, and glanced at her: "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing." Zhao Jinmai replied, and suddenly said: "It turns out that Brother Meng Bai is also a man..."

Meng Bai: o((⊙﹏⊙))? ? ?

"No, what do you mean I am also a man?" Meng Bai had a question mark expression on his face, "So I was considered your elder sister before!"

"No, no, that's not what I meant."

Zhao Jinmai then realized that his words seemed ambiguous, and quickly waved his hand and said, "I mean, it turns out that Brother Meng Bai is just like other men, he has his bad points."

"Ha, I don't know whether I should be happy or amused by what you said." Meng Baiqian said with a smile: "Believe me, Mai Mai, there is no perfect person in this world."

"Including you?"

"of course."

Meng Bai drank the Coke in his hand, then flattened the can and threw a three-pointer into the trash can in the distance. Unfortunately, the accuracy was a little off, and it hit the edge and fell out.

"Look, you've discovered another shortcoming of mine."

Meng Bai stood up and looked at Zhao Jinmai: "Okay, you will have a lot of time to experience the complicated world of adults in the future. As for now, don't think too much about it. Just focus on filming and going to school. The future is still long. Don't waste today's sunshine and iced Coke on the future."

After saying that, he smiled at the little girl in front of him, then walked towards the trash can. He bent down, picked up the Coke can and threw it into the can, then walked away leisurely towards the sunset.

Zhao Jinmai looked at Meng Bai's back and felt confused.

The scene seen in the morning, the news browsed online, what Meng Bai said just now, what he had seen and heard over the years, and the girl’s mood...all were tangled together like a tangled mess.

She put the can of Coke in her hand to her face, and the coolness that passed through her cheeks calmed her down.

“…Don’t waste today’s sunshine and iced Coke for things to come later.”

Zhao Jinmai repeated it again, and then suddenly smiled, as if he had put down a heavy burden.

"I almost got fooled by Brother Meng Bai again!" The little girl complained as she stared at the direction the other party left.

After going through so much trouble, I almost forgot what it was about in the first place. I won't tell anyone about it anyway, so what's the point of dwelling on it?

Zhao Jinmai put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and returned to his previous mood.

It's not that there is no change at all. In her heart, Meng Bai is no longer the perfect incarnation that she admired before, but a closer "playboy".

But then again, now that the distance between us is shortened, why do I feel like I care about you more?

Almost subconsciously, Zhao Jinmai had a desire in his heart that he couldn't believe but couldn't suppress.

Anyway, Brother Meng Bai has so many girlfriends, so why can't I have one more?
(End of this chapter)